MENTAL SYNTHESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental synthesis mean? 

• MENTAL SYNTHESIS (noun)
  The noun MENTAL SYNTHESIS has 1 sense:

1. the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

  Familiarity information: MENTAL SYNTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTAL SYNTHESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

construction; mental synthesis

Hypernyms ("mental synthesis" is a kind of...):

cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental synthesis"):

crystallization (a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation)

gestation (the conception and development of an idea or plan)